Feb. 26th, 2010

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Dad was walking around yesterday; M³ tells me he's the star patient in the ward. [livejournal.com profile] monshu took the day off and was all sunshine and smiles this morning. The cleaning ladies came yesterday and worked their magic. The narcissus is in full bloom and its perfume inescapable. It's Friday and I slept well last night.

So why the hell am I so out of sorts this morning?
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[livejournal.com profile] pne responds in this this entry to my last WotD with a bit about the joy of etymological doublets, wherein he muses on the possible existence of quadruplets. Well, having discovered that jaunty derives from a sailors' pronunciation of French gentil, I've now got a doozy: gentle:gentile:genteel:jaunty. And every one of them borrowed rather than inherited! The dates of first attestation, according to the OED, are respectively Why don't you try guessing before you look here? )
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